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Essay Archive - Teens and Smoking
Teens and Smoking
Cigarette smoking is of interest to the National Institute on Drug Abuse both
because of the public health problems associated with this form of substance
abuse and because this behavior represents a prototypic dependence process. In
the past few years the government has made every effort to reach the masses, in
an attempt to curb the exploitation of tobbacco use, and its acceptance among
Americas Youngsters. However, cigarette smoking among adolescents is on the
rise.
The premise that the behavior of adolescents is influenced by the behavior of
their parents is central to many con....
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